Junior Doctors strike

There aren't enough doctors. The ones we have are stretched to and beyond any kind of reasonable work/life balance. Junior doctors is such a misleading term - these are mostly the work horses of the hospitals available around the clock every day.
Their value is beyond price. They should not only receive decent salaries but also have their working conditions reviewed so they can have a good life too.
Grammygrammy you must have had a poor experience somewhere along the line and I'm sorry for that but junior doctors are worth their weight (or maybe mine would be more generous!) in gold.

they know less than you and google What does that mean GrammyGrammy?

Something has to be done because doctors are leaving the country in their hundreds for better pay and conditions abroad. They have plenty of options and won’t be bullied by the government like other workers.

You never see a medic down at the Job Centre!

This is a difficult call. I don't want to see anyone die because of a lack of a Dr.
Having lived and mixed among medics since I was 18, yes I support them. By Junior, they do not mean newly qualified it means anyone below the consultant level. A pay rise might stop so many of them from moving abroad after training and areas of Britain where it is difficult to recruit might get a better uptake if the salary was better.
You have to ask, have you or anyone you know needed the help of a hospital Dr.in the last 5 years? Not forgetting what they did during the pandemic.

GrammyGrammy

They know less than you and google so it's no loss. Probably less people will die from their idiocy over those days.

My life has been saved by junior doctors I am sure they know more than Google

I just feel uncomfortable about 35%, hopefully negotiations can recommence and a middle figure agreed.

GrammyGrammy it’s a large pay increase I agree but if they’ve lost out in real terms then this increase brings them up to what they should be earning. Perhaps you’ve had a bad experience with junior doctors (as I had once) but yours is a pretty sweeping statement.

Glorianny

A bit of a misleading OP. The BMA estimates that Junior doctor's salaries have fallen in real terms by 26% and it would take a rise of 35% to maintain the level.
I support them. They are the hardest working and carry great responsibility.

Lots of folks salaries have fallen in real terms over the last few years, including my own. I couldn’t justify giving myself a 35% pay rise.

I don’t understand your post GrammyGrammy some of these junior doctors have been working as doctors for ten years
Google for crying out loud !!!!

They are asking for what they have missed for years they are looking for an offer and you don’t start at the lowest amount do you ?

They know less than you and google so it's no loss. Probably less people will die from their idiocy over those days.

I support them too. Two members of my immediate family owe their lives to the prompt action of doctors lately. They are worth their weight in gold and should be highly valued.

A bit of a misleading OP. The BMA estimates that Junior doctor's salaries have fallen in real terms by 26% and it would take a rise of 35% to maintain the level.
I support them. They are the hardest working and carry great responsibility.

Definitely not.